Bank of America is a financial institution serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services. It offers industry-leading support to small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. It is a wealth management company specializing in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals.

We install & maintain beehives for businesses at corporations while simultaneously providing year-round employee engagement and leader development programming

Bland Landscaping is a company that offers environmental services. Their services include landscape maintenance, floriculture services, tree and plant health care, and snow and ice removal.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is an insurance company that offers health insurance products and services to its clients. They offer individual and family plans, consumer-driven health plans, medical plans, dental plans, and life and disability plans.

Burt's Bees is the #1 dermatologist recommended natural skincare brand, offering clean and consciously-crafted products to work with the skin and uplift the spirit. We believe that nature holds the key to healthy skin, so we create skin care formulas that are packed with powerful, nutrient-rich ingredients for skin that’s nourished, balanced and beautiful. Our formulas reflect evidence-based natural skin care learnings, and are crafted to work with skin’s natural pace of renewal by nourishing emerging cells and supporting the hydro-lipid barrier. Our nutrient-rich ingredients deliver vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and other phytonutrients to address specific skin care concerns. Formulas are over 95% Natural Origin, with no animal testing, responsible sourcing, and recyclable packaging. As a company, Burt’s Bees operates with a triple bottom line - people, profit, planet - because you simply can’t have one without the other two. We actively nurture our employees, our customers, our families, ourselves and our environment. By practicing what we preach, we hope to set an example for others to follow, and help people connect with the wisdom, power and beauty of nature in their daily lives.

CBC New Media Group provides news and information on mobile phones through video channels, downloadable applications, and mobile Web sites, as well as enables broadcasters to deliver news and information to mobile phone users. It offers advertising-supported mobile Web sites, subscription-based applications, and video channels, as well as business listings.

Citrix aims to power a world where people, organizations and things are securely connected and accessible to make the extraordinary possible. Its technology makes the world’s apps and data secure and easy to access, empowering people to work anywhere and at any time. Citrix provides a complete and integrated portfolio of Workspace-as-a-Service, application delivery, virtualization, mobility, network delivery and file sharing solutions that enables IT to ensure critical systems are securely available to users via the cloud or on-premise and across any device or platform.

As a not-for-profit, member-owned, financial cooperative, Coastal is committed to providing members with the financial services they need, when and where they need them - affordably, conveniently and professionally. We offer competitive rates as well as a wide variety of products and services designed to fit your every need.

At Durham Technical Community College, students can work their way toward a vocational certificate or a transfer to a four-year university to pursue a bachelor's degree. The choice is up to you, as is the choice of which of Durham's many academic programs to study! Programs for transfer include everything from Nursing to Criminal Justice, and Durham Tech has transfer agreements with a number of area colleges, sending many of its students to UNC Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University. Tuition for residents of North Carolina is significantly reduced as compared to out-of-state tuition costs. Financial aid is available to those who qualify. Durham Tech accepts new students for Spring, Summer and Fall Term each year. For more information on how to apply, contact Durham Technical Community College directly.

We work to strengthen the community, build bridges, and advocate for equity and inclusion in North Carolina and beyond.

Fidelity is a privately owned investment management firm that serves a wide range of clients. It offers services including IRAs, rollovers, annuities, discount brokerage, retirement planning, estate planning, wealth management, securities execution and clearance, and life insurance. They serve individual investors, businesses, financial advisors, and institutions. The firm manages equity, fixed-income, and balanced mutual funds and invests in public equity and fixed-income markets. It also conducts in-house research to inform its investment decisions.

Forward Cities Is a National Nonprofit Equipping Communities and Regions to Grow and Sustain More #Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.